Racism to cost points at World Cup

[BB-Rocks]

FIFA want to clamp down on racism at the World Cup finals, with points being deducted from guilty nations.

Rules to be introduced in Germany will mean perpetrators facing the immediate loss of three points.

"The regulations will be applied for this World Cup," FIFA president Sepp Blatter told the Daily Mail.

"At the first sign of racism there will be a deduction of three points, then we are finished with problems of discrimination."

http://worldcup.itv.com/News/Story_Page/0,15843,6842_1166824,00.html

[InTheHood]

If they deduct points for trouble caused by fans, England would be owing FIFA points :puzzled:

Sadly, in racisms case, it could be abused. A bunch of one nations fans getting tickets in one other nations end and chanting :puzzled:

[Z]

Originally posted by InTheHood
If they deduct points for trouble caused by fans, England would be owing FIFA points :puzzled:

Sadly, in racisms case, it could be abused. A bunch of one nations fans getting tickets in one other nations end and chanting :puzzled:


Ooh good idea. :laugh:

Joking. Honest.

I think it's a good idea to do this, it prevents things like the Spain/England situation from occurring again.

[babybay]

hopefully this will stop racism for once!

[Sunny_01]

most of the supporters that go to the world cup games are genuine supporters so with luck this will be a big step towards stamping out racism on the terraces. There is no way any real supporters would want their team losing points :tongue:

[Esperanto]

:thumbs:
This is good news once you start taking points of a team for rascit behaviour they'll start to learn to shut up once and for all. If only they'd stay at home in the first place & leave footy to the real fans.

[Kore]

wait a minute... so what happens if people PRETEND to be english fans and shout racial abuse... what the hell? blatter hasnt thought this thru..

catch the people who do it maybe.. but its not the teams fault.

[Alf]

somebody assasinate blatter and platini please